Once some Adhikaaris of the Mysore Government paid and unscheduled visit to Sringeri. They had a request for the MahaSwami since the entire state of Mysore was on the verge of a famine since there was no rain. They met Sri Srikantha Sastrigal to forward this request to the MahaSwami. But the Mahaswami did not give them an opportunity to present a map that they had prepared marking all the places in Mysore State which were facing drought. They just met with the Mahaswami and satisfied with the "answers" that Mahaswami gave them they got ready to leave.